Sleep Disorders and Traumatic Stress SIG spotlight: The fragmented life: The role of disordered ‎sleep in PTSD development, course and recovery – Peter Colvonen, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 28, 2023 | SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

The comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sleep disorders is staggeringly ‎high, with 70 - 91% of individuals with PTSD reporting sleep disturbances. 1 The most common ‎sleep disturbances include insomnia,2 obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) 3, 4...

SIG Spotlight: Addressing Traumatic and Minority Stress among Transgender and Gender ‎Diverse Individuals – Francesca Kassing, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 30, 2023 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an internationally recognized event held annually on March 31. The event seeks to bring awareness to the disproportionate rates of discrimination and violence experienced by transgender and gender diverse (TGD) communities, as...

SIG Spotlight: Why Should I Join a SIG?‎ – Christian Kristensen

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 15, 2022 | SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

This issue of SIG Spotlight will make the case for current and new ISTSS members who are not yet part of any Special Interest Group (SIG) to join one. We want to present four short answers to the intentionally provocative question that titles this article: Why should...

SIG Spotlight: The “Middle-Out” Approach to Conceptualizing (and Reconceptualizing) Traumatic Stress – Shane W. Adams, MA, and Christopher M. Layne, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 31, 2022 | Assessment and Psychometrics, SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

The diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the DSM-5 have become the most inherently complex to date, with 20 possible symptoms, four factors (with some studies recommending seven factors), and 636,120 different symptom combinations (Armour et...

SIG Spotlight: Beginning the New Year with a Hat Toss:‎ Special Interest Group (SIG) Transitions and Celebrations – Maureen Allwood, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 27, 2022 | SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

This first 2022 SIG Spotlight shares some of the SIG transitions and celebrations that are occurring. First, the hat of the Board Liaison of SIGs has been tossed from Dr. Maureen Allwood (New York, USA) to Dr. Christian Kristensen (Porto Alegre, Brazil). Dr. Allwood...

SIG Spotlight: ISTSS Trauma & Technology Special Interest Group – Leigh E. Ridings, PhD, and Ursula S. Myers, PhD, SIG co-chairs

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 30, 2021 | COVID-19, SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

Technology has been integrated into research and clinical services for traumatic stress populations for decades. However, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an exponential shift to virtual work for many researchers, clinicians and health care providers as they...